Well, it WOULD be, but I have plans with friends in 6 hours so today is totally shot to hell. Plus I need to rest and recover from the stress of thinking about the thing all day yesterday.

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Queue neurotypicals saying "have you tried using a planner?"

[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you try journaling though? 🤔

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not that I can't journal, it's that journaling isn't part of my routine. And introducing new things into my routine is a Herculean feat. My doctor recently added a medication that I'm supposed to only take while I'm eating dinner.... After 20 years of taking all my daily meds in the morning while I brush my teeth.... I can tell you I'm missing at least half my doses.

[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I was joking, just to be sure.

[–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

Funny how using planners was an integral part to my therapy to cope with adhd. The thing is that I had to be taught and learn through cognitive behavioural therapy how to do that and how to make sure it actually helps me instead of just being another stressor.

All that to say "just use a planner" is terrible advice but not because planners are the enemy of the adhd brained person. Just wanted to say that in case anybody reading this goes into therapy and dismisses the notion because it's become a bit of a meme around here.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit. So many DayTimer books that were completely empty. I started telling my mom not to buy them once I hit high school. I knew they would just be carried around for the year, and then thrown out never having had a single note recorded in them.

[–] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or "just write it down"

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I find the writing down part is easy, looking at it again in the future, now that's something else.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do you get over this? I'm sort of killing my freelance work by doing this right now

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Most use adhd medication

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love starting projects. The problem arises with actually working on them.

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

In my case, finishing them.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only way I'm able to get anything done is through a combination of tricking myself and gaslighting my brain

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The problem with me trying to gaslight my brain is that I know the guy doing the gaslighting and he's an asshole who is not to be trusted.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No he's not. You just made that up. Its going to be different this time, I swear

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Don't believe his lies.